Georgia Public Broadcasting
PBS/NPR member network in Georgia, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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33.7861°N 84.3956°W / 33.7861; -84.3956 (Georgia Public Broadcasting headquarters)
Type | Non-commercial educational broadcast television and radio network |
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Branding | GPB |
Country | United States |
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Founded | 1960 (64 years ago) (1960) by the University of Georgia |
TV stations | See § Television stations |
TV transmitters | 9 |
Radio stations | See § Radio stations |
Headquarters | 260 14th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30318 |
Owner | Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission |
Parent | State of Georgia |
Key people | Bert Wesley Huffman, CEO[1] |
Launch date | May 23, 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-05-23) |
Picture format | |
Affiliation(s) | |
Former affiliations | TV: NET (1960–1970) |
Official website | www |
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Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) is a state network of PBS member television stations and NPR member radio stations serving the U.S. state of Georgia. It is operated by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, an agency of the Georgia state government which holds the licenses for most of the PBS and NPR member stations licensed in the state. The broadcast signals of the nine television stations and 19 radio stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
The network's headquarters and primary radio and television production facilities are located on 14th Street in Midtown Atlanta, just west of the Downtown Connector in the Home Park neighborhood. The facility and GPB are also a major part of Georgia's film and television industry, and in addition to commercial production occurring at the GPB facilities, some production companies also rent production offices from GPB.